Locker construction



Feb. 25, 1930. w. N.' vANcE 1,748,319

` LocKER CONSTRUCTION Filed March 29, 1929 Patented Feb. 25, 1930vUNITED STATES PATENT oFFrcE WALTER lN. VANCE, OF NORTH AURORA,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LYON METAL PROD- UCTS, INCORPORATED, OF AURORA,ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION F ILLINOIS LOCKER CONSTRUCTION Application filedMarch 29, 1929. Serial No. 350,937.

This invention relates in general to lockers and has more particularreference to multi-person lockers of sheet metal or the like in whichthe locker doors have their free or swinging edges adj acentfeach otherand employa common member or upright for a door sto ) principal objectof the invention is the provision of a multi-person locker of new andimproved construction, wherein the doors may be locked or latched to acommon member and this'without danger of being forced apart byunauthorized persons attempting to open either locker.

Another important object of the invention is the provision vof a'multi-person locker wherein the doors engage a common upright, whichserves as a stop toreceive the impact of the doors and at the same timeprevents the locks from being pried open.

Another important obj ect of the invention ,is theprovision of amulti-person locker of knew and improved construction whereby a closedlocker door protects its own lock against tampering through an open doorof they adjacent companion ylock.

` Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will beapparent as it is better undrestood from the following description,which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses apreferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of amulti-person locker embodying my present invention:

c Fig. 2 is a plansection', taken on the lineV 2 2 of Fig. 1 ,and c Fig.3 is an enlarged plan section, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 andillustrating the lock and keeper in closed position. For the purpose ofillustrating my invention, I have shown on the drawings a locker bodyhaving side walls 11, back wall 12, top and bottom walls 13 of any usualor preferred construction. These parts constitute what may be termed theouter shell or body. Hori- Y zontal partitions 14 are arranged atappropriate heights to form horizontal compartments 15, each providedwith a door 15.

The space between the lower horizontal partition 14 and the bottom wall13 is divided in half by a vertical front to back partition 16 providingtwo vertical compartments 17 and 18. Doors 19 and 21 are providedrespectively for the vertical compartments 17 and 18. The doors 19 and21 are hinged respectively to the side walls 11 of the outer shell, asshown at 21', and are arranged with their free or swinging edges inadjacent relationship. The vertical partition wall 16 is secured at itsrear edge in any usual or preferred manner and is secured at its frontedge to a tubular upright member 22. The tubular upright member 22 ismade of a pair of companion flanged upright members 23, respectivelyprovided with side walls 24 which extend parallel with a partition 16,and flanges 25 and 26. The flanges 26 are bent substantiallyperpendicularly at 27, to provide portions 28 which lie parallel to thepartition 16 and extend rearwardly to engage the opposite surfaces ofthe front edgeof the partition and provide supports to which the frontedge of said partition is secured either by spotwelding or in anydesired manner.

The flanges 25 terminate short of each other, as at`29, to provide aslot or opening 31 into a chamber 32 formed by this uprightconstruction. The free edges of doors 19 and 21 are provided withinturned flanges 33 adapted to project through the slot 31 a substantialdistance into the chamber when the doors are in closed position, and aredisposed substantially parallel with the side walls 24 of the uprightmember.

Secured in any suitable manner to the inner faces of the doors are locks34 having bolts' orlatches 35 adapted to engage appropriate keeper slots36 provided in the side walls 24 of the upright 22. The locks arelocated adjacent the side Walls 24 so as to form a space between saidside walls and the front ends of thelocksand in such a position thatwhen the bolts or latches 35 are in operative position the ends of saidbolts will extend into the keeper chamber 32. When both doors arelocked, the door flanges 33 project through the slot 81 into the chamberprovided by the to enter the slot in the front of' said upright,

the flange of each door extending beyond the lock of said door.

A locker having a hollow upright which. is provided witha singlevertical slot and a pair of doors having flanges which engage the slot,said upright acting as a stop for said doors. Y. c

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. n

f f WALTER N. varon.

of its attendant advantages will be under` i stood from the foregoingdescription, and it will be apparent that many changes may be made inthe form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of itsmaterial advantages, the form rhereinbefore described being lmerely apre- Jferred embodiment thereof.

I claim: v l. An upright for the door frame of a lock- Y er, comprisingtwo channel members,'each having a laterally extending flange beyond thechannel form, said channel members together forming a tubular uprighthaving a single longitudinal opening, means securing the flangesaforesaid together, and a door having a flange which enters the openingin said.y

upright.

2. A locker construction, comprising a vertical front toy rear wallplate, two channel members having lateral flanges extending beyond theirchannel shapes, said flanges being secured to an edge of said wall plateto v arrange the channels to form a tube constituting a-Apart of a frameof a door, the front edges of said channel members being spaced toreceive a door flange. c

3. A vmulti-person locker comprising ay front frame for receiving thedoors, said frame including an upright arranged to form` ics p the stopfor two doors and having a slot in front and slots in its sides, anddoors hinged to close against said upright and having locks arranged toenter the slots in the sides of said upright and anges arranged to enterth slot in the fr ont of said upright.

`4. A' multi-person locker, comprising a ,A front frame for receivingthe doors, said frame including an upright arranged to form the stop fortwo doors and Vhaving a slot in itsjfront and slots in its sides, and'doors hinged to close against said upright and hav-` ing locks arrangedto enter the slotsin the sides of said `upright and flanges arranged fim

